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The Hanoitimes - Ho Chi Minh City has recently been again ranked among the world’s top ten cities for street foods in a list made by travel website VirtualTourist.com. It was also recommended o­n Reuters’ Travel Picks column. “Vietnamese cuisine has received some major street cred in recent memory (Anthony Bourdain's praise comes to mind), and a quick visit to HCM City's Ben Thanh or Binh Tay Markets explains why,” the travel site introduced about Vietnamese foods. The site mentions famous dishes in the city, namely pho, banh mi, bo la lot (seasoned beef in a leaf), spring rolls and com tam (cooked broken rice with a fried egg o­n the top) with an explanation about fish sauce. “A member noted that no matter what com tam dish you get, it will always be served with nuoc mam (fish sauce), and since each street food stall usually makes their own, people will often choose which stall to return to based o­n their nuoc mam,” the site added. … [Read more...] about HCM City among world’s top 10 cities for street foods – Food – Travel

(Cinet)- During the last two years, French photographer Réhahn C has spent a lot of time traveling to remote areas in Vietnam to capture photos depicting ethnic culture. Based in the central tourism town of Hoi An, the 36-year-old man has had his pictures featured in reputable journals like National Geographic and Vogue Italy. At the end of 2014, he was voted among the 10 most famous portrait photographers in the world by the global online art, design and photography community boredpanda.com. The man, who has lived in Vietnam for more than four years, could spend hours talking about his knowledge of Vietnam’s ethnic minorities and is able to list without any hesitancy the names of many minority groups, including Lo Lo, Bo Y, Ta Oi, Co Tu, Pa Then, Dao Man, Phu La, San Chi, and more. With an obvious pride, Rehahn said he has met more than 40 minority groups in Vietnam and is able to speak a little ethnic language. To the photographer, a country with 54 ethnic groups living … [Read more...] about French photographer captures photos depicting Vietnam’s ethnic culture

Mark Wiens sits down at a restaurant on Vo Van Tan Street in a busy corner of downtown Ho Chi Minh City after ordering some grilled beef in piper lolot leaves. "Bo la lot," he repeats after the chef lady in Vietnamese that is almost perfect for a first timer. He lays out the feast, examining everything from the pieces of peanut on top of the sausage-like rolls, a side dish of raw vegetables and some red chili that has been chopped into tiny pieces. Then he rolls everything up in a piece of rice paper, dunks the roll in a small bowl of fermented fish sauce, and takes a big bite. Now you have to wait for him for 30 seconds as he makes a delighted face, and he will tell you how the combination tastes and what more is in there. Wiens, a Thailand-based American food blogger, visited Vietnam last year and has uploaded nearly 30 such videos of the foods he tried, mostly in Ho Chi Minh City. He has blogged about all of Vietnam’s most popular foods like the iconic noodle soup pho, the … [Read more...] about US food blogger brings lesser-known Vietnamese dishes into limelight

VietNamNet Bridge – Banh mi, pho bo, cao lau, banh xeo, and che are the dishes praised by foreign visitors for their special taste.
Pho bo (Vietnamese beef noodle soup)
The extremely popular traditional dish is hailed by foreign tourists as a symbol of Vietnam cuisine and occupies a small corner in the heart of gourmets worldwide.
Pho is a Vietnamese noodle soup consisting of broth, linguini-shaped rice noodles called banh pho, a few herbs, and meat. It is primarily served with either beef or chicken.
Pho originated in the early 20th century in northern Vietnam. Because pho's origins are poorly documented, there is significant disagreement over the cultural influences that led to its development in Vietnam, as well as the etymology of the word itself.
Pho cuon (Vietnamese rice noodle rolls)
Pho Cuon consists of a … [Read more...] about Nine dishes foreign tourists should not miss in Vietnam

VietNamNet Bridge - The Vietnamese “street food” shop market with products such as steamed rice, banh mi (Vietnam sandwich), pho (noodle soup), banh xeo (Vietnamese crepe) and bun bo (beef noodle soup) is valued at VND47 trillion. The Vietnamese street food is valued at VND47 trillion But foreign-invested food chains are exploiting the market better than Vietnamese. Director of Banh My Viet JSC Tran Thi Bich Nga said she once dreamed of developing a sandwich chain of shops and making it well known in Vietnam and around the world. She started her business in 2010, which prospered rapidly with four shops. However, the business later met difficulties. Nga recently decided to close all her shops to restructure her chain. She said the banh my chain ‘flashed and faded out suddenly’ because of the lack of a long-term vision and professionalism. Nga is not alone. Though the street food market has potential, many chains have not been able to expand. … [Read more...] about Foreign corporations jump into street-food shops market